Unknown American
Watch Fob

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Watch Fob
Datec. 1860–1870
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 10k yellow gold, and glass
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 in. (4.1 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1672
Not on view

Explore Further

Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCaroline Ross; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 3, 2007–March 3, 2008.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Portrait of a Man
Unknown Irish
c. 1800
Watercolor on ivory, 10k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1645
Portrait of a Woman
Thomas Hull
c. 1820
Watercolor on ivory, 10k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1639
Portrait of a Boy
Edward Elias Kaufer
c. 1900
Watercolor on ivory, 10k yellow gold, and glass
2005.1588
Portrait of a Man
Sampson Towgood Roche
c. 1785–1790
Watercolor on ivory, 10k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1646
Ring with Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots
Unknown
19th century
Watercolor on ivory, 10k and 14k yellow gold, and glass
2005.1674
Portrait of a Brother and Sister
Unknown Scottish
c. 1840
Watercolor on ivory, 10k yellow gold, fabric, and glass
2005.1681
Brooch with Portrait of a Woman
John Donaldson
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 12k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1665
Arthur Freeman
John Smart
1771
Watercolor on ivory, 15k yellow gold, 9k rose gold, pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1587
Portrait of a Woman
Unknown
c. 1905
Watercolor on ivory, gold, silver, yellow paste gems, hair, pearls, and glass
2005.1624
Portrait of a Man
Unknown English
c. 1810–1820
Watercolor on ivory, 10k rose gold, pearls, hair, metallic embossed foil, and opaline glass
2005.1654
Portrait of a Man
J. T. Beaumont
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 10k rose gold, seed pearls, hair, guilloché enamel, and glass
2005.1640
Portrait of a Man
Johns
c. 1790
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1620